# 2013 style death ray

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573 "2013-06-21T18:08:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573/1 "2013-06-21T18:08:45Z")

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[This story](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/19/terror-plot-arrest-radiation-device-x-ray/2438599/) has it all. The Klan, Tea Partiers, Death Rays, xenophobic douchebags and really REALLY bad ideas.

I sure hope this doesn’t jeopardize their %501 (c) status. Clearly the Tea Party is doing some important social welfare work here.

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**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573/2 "2013-06-21T19:19:51Z")

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Wow. That dude is a _lot_ of different kinds of crazy.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573/3 "2013-06-25T03:54:37Z")

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[shrug] So the Klan has a death ray. I’m sure the FBI can get a death ray if it needs one.

That somehow sounded more reassuring in my head.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573/4 "2013-06-25T19:48:08Z")

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[Apparently this thing was blown just a bit out of proportion, and the death ray was inoperable, and the FBI helped them build it anyway.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/06/fbi-death-ray-andrew-cuomo/66486/)

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573/5 "2013-06-26T06:31:36Z")

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Wait…a member of the KKK wanted to kill enemies of _Israel_? 😕

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573/6 "2013-06-26T15:29:45Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Wait…a member of the KKK wanted to kill enemies of _Israel_? 😕

Yeah, wow…those dudes are getting desperate for causes now.